Pictorial Geography of the World: Comprising a System of Universal Geography, Popular and Scientific ... and Illustrated by More Than One Thousand Engravings ... with a Copious Index Answering the Purpose of a Gazeteer, Band 2C.D. Strong, 1840 |
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... Archbishop of Canterbury , which has been recently rebuilt at a great expense , and with much splendor . The Tower , in the eastern part of the city , is an antique fortress , 532 which for a long time was a royal residence. ENGLAND . 531.
... Archbishop of Canterbury , which has been recently rebuilt at a great expense , and with much splendor . The Tower , in the eastern part of the city , is an antique fortress , 532 which for a long time was a royal residence. ENGLAND . 531.
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... residence , and is still used as a prison for state criminals . Within its extensive walls are comprised several armories , containing the greatest collection of arms in the world ; the jewel office , in which are kept the crown jewels ...
... residence , and is still used as a prison for state criminals . Within its extensive walls are comprised several armories , containing the greatest collection of arms in the world ; the jewel office , in which are kept the crown jewels ...
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... residence of Pope ; and Hampton , containing the royal palace of Hampton Court , which is famed for its fine gallery of paintings . A little to the north is Harrow - on - the - Hill , where there is a well- known school or college ...
... residence of Pope ; and Hampton , containing the royal palace of Hampton Court , which is famed for its fine gallery of paintings . A little to the north is Harrow - on - the - Hill , where there is a well- known school or college ...
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... residence of the Saxon kings . Its cathedral is a magnificent Gothic structure . Population , 28,200 . Salisbury , the capital of Wiltshire , is also an Episcopal city ; the spire of its cel- ebrated cathedral is the highest in England ...
... residence of the Saxon kings . Its cathedral is a magnificent Gothic structure . Population , 28,200 . Salisbury , the capital of Wiltshire , is also an Episcopal city ; the spire of its cel- ebrated cathedral is the highest in England ...
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... residence of the English kings , and the seat of the Parliaments . Pop- ulation , 20,500 . Cambridge , also an episcopal see , and the seat of a university , contains 21,000 inhabit- ants . The university buildings are 13 colleg- es , 4 ...
... residence of the English kings , and the seat of the Parliaments . Pop- ulation , 20,500 . Cambridge , also an episcopal see , and the seat of a university , contains 21,000 inhabit- ants . The university buildings are 13 colleg- es , 4 ...
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Seite 655 - twere anew, the gaps of centuries ; Leaving that beautiful which still was so, And making that which was not, till the place Became religion, and the heart ran o'er With silent worship of the great of old ! — The dead, but sceptred sovereigns, who still rule Our spirits from their urns.
Seite 726 - Thus every good his native wilds impart Imprints the patriot passion on his heart ; And e'en those ills that round his mansion rise Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms ; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent and the whirlwind's roar But bind him to his native mountains more.
Seite 668 - Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself, An eye like Mars, to threaten and command, A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill, A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man.
Seite 846 - I might sleep there without apprehension) called to the female part of her family, who had stood gazing on me all the while in fixed astonishment, to resume their task of spinning cotton; in which they continued to employ themselves great part of the night.
Seite 524 - ... that restores him to health ; on the ermine which decorates the judge and the rope which hangs the criminal ; on the poor man's salt and the rich man's spice ; on the brass nails of the coffin and the ribands of the bride...
Seite 950 - I went on in the procession, close by the tower of Moloch ; which, as it was drawn with difficulty, " grated on its many wheels harsh thunder.* After a few minutes it stopped; and now the worship of the God began. — A high priest mounted the car in front of the idol, and pronounced his obscene stanzas in the ears of the people; who responded at intervals in the same strain. ' These ' songs,' said lie, ' are the delight of the God. His ' car can only move when he is pleased with the ' song.'—...
Seite 950 - The walls and gates are covered with indecent emblems, in massive and durable sculpture. I have also visited the sand plains by the sea, in some places whitened with the bones of the pilgrims ; and another place, a little way out of the town, called by the English the Golgotha, where the dead bodies are usually cast forth, and where dogs and vultures are ever seen...
Seite 840 - I rode still onwards, and on approaching a spot less thickly planted, was not a little surprised to see in front of me a body of several thousand cavalry drawn up in line, and extending right and left quite as far as I could see ; and, checking my horse, I awaited the arrival of my party, under the shade of a wide-spreading acacia.
Seite 950 - After the tower had proceeded some way, a pilgrim announced that he was ready to offer himself a sacrifice to the idol. He laid himself down in the road before the tower as it was moving along, lying on his face, with his arms stretched forward.
Seite 846 - Trifling as this recital may appear to the reader, to a person in my situation the circumstance was affecting in the highest degree. I was oppressed by such unexpected kindness, and sleep fled from my eyes. In the morning I presented my compassionate landlady with two of the four brass buttons which remained on my waistcoat — the only recompense I could make her.